Liu Xiaobo - Nobel Peace Prize — 2010
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Liu Xiaobo

Prize
Nobel Peace Prize — 2010
for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China
Citizenship
People's Republic of ChinaPeople's Republic of China
Languages
Chinese
date of birth
12/28/1955
place of birth
Changchun
date of death
7/13/2017
place of death
First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University
Lived
61 years
occupation
  • human rights defender
  • literary scholar
  • freedom fighter
  • writer
  • literary critic
  • poet
field of work
  • literary criticism
educated at
  • Jilin University
    • academic degree: Bachelor of Arts
    • start time: 1977
    • end time: 1982
  • Beijing Normal University
    • academic degree: Master of Arts
    • start time: 1982
    • end time: 1984
  • Beijing Normal University
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • academic major: literary studies
    • start time: 1986
    • end time: 1988
  • High School Attached to Northeast Normal University
employer
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Columbia University
position held
  • president
    • start time: 2003
    • end time: 2007
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